Application ReviewIn accordance with the ASJA Bylaws, the Application Review Committee consists of a chair, two voting members, and four alternates. It evaluates and approves applications for membership, and may also invite membership applications.

Awards CommitteeeThe Awards Committee is responsible for choosing recipients of the annual ASJA Excellence Awards for Nonfiction and any other awards the Society decides to give from time to time.

Contracts and Conflicts SubcommitteeThe ASJA Contracts and Conflicts Committee helps writers understand publishing-contract language so they can make informed decisions and engage in smart negotiations before taking on projects.

Development CommitteeThe Development committee recruits sponsors, alliances and in-kind partners (venues and services) through campaigns and personal solicitation. Working closely with staff the Committee develops and publishes the annual sponsorship brochure, incentives and benefits.

First Amendment CommitteeThe First Amendment Committee has a continuing responsibility to encourage the Society to work vigorously to preserve and enhance the freedom and professional status of writers everywhere.

Forum SubcommitteeThis program encourages members’ use of ASJA's online discussion forums, including Special Interest Groups (SIGs).

Freelance Writer Search SubcommitteeThis program, run by the Client Networking committee, supports, oversees, and promotes the Society's job board, Freelance Writer Search, and advises as to its general operations.

Marketing/Communications CommitteeThe Marketing/Communications Committee works with staff to create policies and plans for marketing ASJA and its activities, both internally and externally.

Member RecruitmentThe Membership Recruitment Committee suggests and implements programs designed to bring ASJA to the attention of qualified professional freelance writers.

Membership Growth and RetentionThe Membership Growth and Retention committee and its subcommittees seek to broaden the membership of ASJA to recruit more eligible members and to manage applications for membership.

Mentoring SubCommitteeASJA’s Mentoring program matches ASJA members with freelance writers looking for advice.

NominatingIn accordance with the ASJA Bylaws, the Nominating Committee consists of a chair and at least six other members who propose a slate of candidates for the annual election. Each year, all officer positions and three seats on the Board of Directors are open.

Peer to Peer CommitteeThe Peer-to-Peer program matches members who volunteer to help out fellow ASJAers (whether new or long-timers) and those wanting closer ties within ASJA.

PublicationsThe Publications Committee is responsible for all ASJA publications, in coordination with the staff and contractors.

A blank piece of paper is God's way of telling us how hard it is to be God.
– Sidney Sheldon

A critic is a man who knows the way but can't drive the car.
– Kenneth Tynan

A good many young writers make the mistake of enclosing a stamped, self–addressed envelope, big enough for the manuscript to come back in. This is too much of a temptation to the editor.
– Ring Lardner

A young musician plays scales in his room and only bores his family. A beginning writer, on the other hand, sometimes has the misfortune of getting into print.
– Marguerite Yourcenar

All the words I use in my stories can be found in the dictionary – it's just a matter of arranging them into the right sentences.
– Somerset Maugham

Asking a working writer what he thinks about critics is like asking a lamppost how it feels about dogs.
– Christopher Hampton

Being a writer is like having homework every night for the rest of your life.
– Lawrence Kasdan

No fathers or mothers think their own children ugly; and this self–deceit is yet stronger with respect to the offspring of the mind.
– Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

There are three rules for writing the novel. Unfortunately, no one knows what they are.
–Somerset Maugham

Writing a novel is like paddling from Boston to London in a bathtub. Sometimes the damn tub sinks. It's a wonder that most of them don't.
– Stephen King

Writing a novel is like spelunking. You kind of create the right path for yourself. But, boy, are there so many points at which you think, absolutely, I'm going down the wrong hole here.
– Chang–rae Lee

Your manuscript is both good and original, but the part that is good is not original, and the part that is original is not good.
–Samuel Johnson